Will Holland

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Will Holland
Will Holland performing with 'Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro' in 2009
Background information
Also known as	Quantic
Born	(1980-04-18) 18 April 1980 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England
Genres	Cumbia funk bossa nova soul jazz downtempo nu jazz
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Tru Thoughts Selva

William Holland (born 18 April 1980) is an English musician, DJ, and record producer. Holland records under various pseudonyms, including Quantic, the Quantic Soul Orchestra, The Limp Twins, Flowering Inferno, and Ondatrópica. His music features elements of tropical, cumbia, salsa, bossa nova, soul, funk and jazz. Holland plays guitars, bass, double bass, piano, organ, saxophone, accordion and percussion. Much of his sound is original composition, rather than sampling of other artists' material. In addition to his original compositions, he has also produced remixes of over 30 songs.

Holland's first label was called Magnetic Fields, on which he released heavy soul and funk. Holland retired Magnetic Fields in 2003. In 2018, Holland founded the record label Selva, based in Brooklyn, New York, and he has been releasing music on Selva since the start of 2020.

History

He was born in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England. His albums The 5th Exotic (2001) and Apricot Morning (2002) featured vocals from British artists including soul singer Alice Russell. In 2003, he assembled The Quantic Soul Orchestra, a project aimed at producing 1960s/1970s style raw funk, playing guitar himself, and featuring musicians including his sister Lucy on saxophone.

In 2007, Holland moved to Cali, Colombia. He set up an analogue studio called Sonido del Valle and recorded and released the Quantic Soul Orchestra album Tropidélico (2007) and the self-titled debut from his tropical-dub side project, Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno (2008), which featured a variety of musicians from the area. He subsequently assembled the Combo Bárbaro ('Bárbaro' is a colloquial term in Colombia meaning 'very talented').

Holland's collaboration with Nickodemus, "Mi swing es tropical", was featured on an Apple iPod television commercial in 2007.

The Quantic Soul Orchestra

The Quantic Soul Orchestra
Background information
Origin	England
Genres	Funk, salsa, bossa nova, soul
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Tru Thoughts
Members	Will Holland German 'Chispa' Lawson Javier Rivera Popo Buckley
Past members	Alice Russell Damian Bell Rich Gibbs Lucy Holland Russell Knight Simon Little Oliver Minkley Antonia Pheulatos Russell Porter John Styles Dave Woodhouse

The Quantic Soul Orchestra is a live band project of various musicians and Holland. Holland has recorded under several names, most notably Quantic. The band's line-up changes from album to album, with sometime members including Holland's sister, saxophonist Lucy Holland, his Limp Twins collaborator Russ Porter and former Hardkandy member Simon Little. Will Holland plays guitar and bass, and performs some of the percussion.

Their music focuses on reviving a dusty funk and jazz sound. They are signed to the Tru Thoughts label and have released four albums to date as well as a collaborative album with funk and soul artist Spanky Wilson.

Their album Tropidélico was recorded in Colombia, where Holland was based at the time.

Discography

Albums

Holland has self-produced 18 studio albums under various pseudonyms. Until 2020, all his albums were released on the label Tru Thoughts from Brighton:

Sortable table

Date	Main recording artist	Album
2001	Quantic	The 5th Exotic
2002	Quantic	Apricot Morning
2003	The Limp Twins	Tales from Beyond the Groove
2003	The Quantic Soul Orchestra	Stampede
2004	Quantic	Mishaps Happening
2005	The Quantic Soul Orchestra	Pushin' On
2006	Quantic	One Off's Remixes and B Sides
2006	Quantic	An Announcement to Answer
2006	Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra	I'm Thankful
2007	The Quantic Soul Orchestra	Tropidélico
2008	Flowering Inferno	Death of the Revolution
2009	Flowering Inferno	Dog with a Rope
2009	The Combo Bárbaro	Tradition in Transition
2012	The Combo Bárbaro	Quantic & Alice Russell: Look Around the Corner (with Alice Russell)
2011	Quantic	The Best of Quantic
2012	Los Miticos del Ritmo	Los Miticos del Ritmo
2012	Ondatrópica	Ondatrópica
2014	Quantic	Magnetica
2015	Quantic Presents The Western Transient	A New Constellation
2016	Flowering Inferno	1000 Watts
2017	Ondatrópica	Baile Bucanero
2017	Quantic & Nidia Góngora	Curao
2019	Quantic	Atlantic Oscillations
2019	Quantic	Atlantic Modulations
2020	Quantic & Denitia	Nowhere
2023	Quantic	Dancing While Falling

Singles

• 2001: Quantic – "We Got Soul"
• 2001: The Quantic Soul Orchestra – "Super 8"
• 2001: The Limp Twins – "Living Well"
• 2001: Quantic – "Life in the Rain"
• 2002: Quantic feat. Aspects – "Primate Boogaloo"
• 2002: Quantic feat. Alice Russell – "Sweet Calling"
• 2002: Quantic – "Apricot Morning"
• 2002: Quantic – "Through These Eyes"
• 2003: Quantic – "Search the Heavens"
• 2004: Quantic – "Mishaps Happening"
• 2005: Quantic feat. Spanky Wilson – "Don't Joke with a Hungry Man"
• 2005: Quantic – "Perception"
• 2005: Quantic – "One Off's Remixes and B Sides"
• 2006: Quantic – "The Sound of Everything"
• 2006: Quantic feat. Alice Russell – "Somebody's Gonna Love You"
• 2006: Quantic – "Tell It Like You Mean It"
• 2007: Quantic – "Sabor"
• 2008: Quantic & Nickodemus – "Mi swing es tropical"
• 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno – "Juanita Bonita"
• 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno – "Death of the Revolution"
• 2008: Quantic presenta Flowering Inferno – "Ciudad del Swing"
• 2008: Quantic – "When You're Through"
• 2009: Quantic & Nickodemus – "Sun People"
• 2011: Quantic – "Sol Clap"
• 2011: Quantic & Los Miticos del Ritmo – "Hiphop en Cumbia"
• 2012: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro – "Look Around the Corner"
• 2012: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro – "Magdalena"
• 2013: Quantic & Alice Russell with the Combo Bárbaro – "I'd Cry"
• 2013: Quantic & Ana Tijoux – "Doo Wop (That Thing)"
• 2013: Quantic & Nidia Góngora – "Muévelo negro"
• 2014: Quantic – "Duvidó"
• 2014: Quantic & Alice Russell – "You Will Return"
• 2014: Quantic – "Spark It"
• 2014: Quantic – "El Yagé" (self-released)
• 2023: Quantic feat. Andreya Triana - "Run"

Collaborations on individual songs by other artists

Holland has collaborated and was featured on many recordings by other musicians, including (listed alphabetically):

• DJ Greyboy, on the track "Got to Be a Love" from the album Soul Mosaic (2004).
• Kinny, on the track "Enough Said" (2008).
• Lanu, on the track "Mother Earth" from the album This Is My Home (2007).
• Mr. Scruff, on the tracks "It's Dancing Time" (2002), "Giraffe Walk" (2006) and "Donkey Ride" (2008).
• Nickodemus, as co-producer for "La lluvia", "Didibina" on the album Sun People (2009), and on "Conmigo" (2012) as guitarist.
• Nostalgia 77, on the track "Thing" (2004); as saxophonist.
• Alice Russell, on the track "Somebody's Gonna Love You" from the album Under the Munka Moon (2004).
• Transgressors, on the tracks "Will Power" and "Money for Born, Money for Die" from the single Will Power (2012); as guitarist.
• The Whitefield Brothers on the track "Lullaby for Lagos" from the album Earthology (2009); as guitarist.
• Wilbur Soot on the album “Mammalian Sighing Reflex” (2023);

External links

• Official website
• Quantic at Allmusic
• Official Bandcamp Site
• The Quantic Soul Orchestra discography at Discogs